Submitted by on Wed Oct 7, 2009 2:52pm.
Re: Pulled: North American Youth no Monroi permitted as timesheet
Sent at: Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:26 pmby tanstaafl
Your post, below, was pulled because it was off-topic. As noted in the thread, the MonRoi could be used in the tournament, but not a... Read more »
Submitted by on Wed Oct 7, 2009 7:44am.
Say No To Monroi
I read with interest the thread North American Youth no Monroi permitted as timesheet listed under All Things Chess. I mentioned the post to Michael Johnson, who was at the Barnes & Noble when I arrived for the small tournamen... Read more »
Submitted by on Fri Oct 2, 2009 8:31am.
On the Chessbase website (), in the article titled, Nanjing: Carlsen strikes again, third win in four games, it is written in commentary to the Javenko-Carlsen game after 24.Nd4?!, "both Fritz and Rybka definitely prefer 24.Rf1 and show a small am... Read more »
Submitted by on Wed Sep 30, 2009 7:52am.
An article in the NY Times, Based on Life or Fantasy, a Picture Goes to Auction, by Dylan Loeb McClain, is about an etching depicting Hitler, with the White pieces, and Lenin playing Black, will be sold at auction. The etching is signed by Emma Lo... Read more »
Submitted by on Tue Sep 22, 2009 2:09pm.
I recently sent an email back to my home state of Georgia, informing them I have decided to not play in the upcoming Georgia Senior. I wrote, " I want to support Senior chess, especially in the South, but now is not the most propitious time." Alth... Read more »
Submitted by on Sun Sep 20, 2009 8:44am.
For those who would like to read more on 'cognitive enhancers' there is an interesting article at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/sep/20/neuroenhancers-us-brain-power-drugs Read more »
Submitted by on Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:27am.
I have just finished reading all 83 comments on the thread started by Joe Lux on the USCF website, USCF Rating System, which can be found under USCF Issues.
Some years ago, during a discussion at the House of Pain, a Master decried the use of 'nu... Read more »
Submitted by on Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:10pm.
Interesting lead story, Pills to Make You Smarter, on the cover of the current October SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. It makes one wonder whether the proposed drug testing for chess players in the Olympics were the right drugs for which to be tested. The th... Read more »
Submitted by on Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:48am.
I've often heard that "All politics is local." I've thought the same thing about chess.The Legendary Georgia Ironman, NM Tim Brookshear, has hosted the most unique chess club I've encountered in my almost 40 years of chess. Held on the first and t... Read more »
Submitted by on Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:02pm.
I was told by a chess playing friend who has Asperger's Syndrome-an autistic disorder characterized by often superior intellectual abilities but also by obsessive behavior, ineffective communication, and social awkwardness- he believed I too could... Read more »